A system and a method for power generation
OwnerRajeev HIREMATHinventor
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Abstract
The present application describes a system for power generation includes a combustion chamber connected upstream of a turbine unit inlet of a turbine unit, a turbine unit outlet of the turbine unit connected upstream of the combustion chamber and a pre-heater, the combustion chamber, the turbine unit inlet and the turbine unit outlet forming a closed loop for a working fluid to operate in and a regulator connected within the closed loop.
Claims28
A system for power generation, the system comprising:
- a combustion chamber connected upstream of a turbine unit inlet of a turbine unit;
- a turbine unit outlet of the turbine unit connected upstream of the combustion chamber and a pre-heater, the combustion chamber, the turbine unit inlet and the turbine unit outlet forming a closed loop for a working fluid to operate in;
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- a regulator connected within the closed loop;
- wherein the combustion chamber is configured to receive one or more of air and a fuel from a pre-heater and combust the fuel to generate heat energy in form of flue gases;
- wherein the regulator is configured to receive a pressure enhancing fluid, from an external source, a mixture of the pressure enhancing fluid and the flue gases generated due to combustion, constituting the working fluid, such that, the pressure enhancing fluid receives heat energy from the flue gases to vaporize in a confined space, thereby increasing density and pressure of the working fluid;
- wherein the turbine unit is configured to generate mechanical power on expansion of the working fluid and discharge the working fluid out of the turbine unit outlet, after the expansion of the working fluid;
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- wherein the combustion chamber and the pre-heater are configured to receive the working fluid from the turbine unit outlet.
The system as claimed in claim 11, wherein the energy storage mechanism is adapted to store mechanical energy during operation of the turbine unit.
A pulse combustor comprising a hydraulic piston mechanism, wherein a piston of the hydraulic piston mechanism is adapted to push flue gases into a working fluid flow in order to increase the temperature and the pressure of the working fluid flow.
A method for power generation comprising:
- receiving one or more of air and a fuel from a pre-heater in a combustion chamber;
- combusting the fuel to generate heat energy in form of flue gases;
- receiving a pressure enhancing fluid, from an external source, in a regulator, a mixture of the pressure enhancing fluid and the flue gases generated due to combustion, constituting a working fluid,
- receiving heat energy by the pressure enhancing fluid from the flue gases, to vaporize in a confined space, thereby increasing density and pressure of the working fluid;
- generating mechanical power on expansion of the working fluid and discharging the working fluid out of a turbine unit outlet, after the expansion of the working fluid, by a turbine unit;
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- receiving the working fluid from the turbine unit outlet in one or more of the combustion chamber and the pre-heater.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.